List of All Articles with Tag 'tory'

People have come up with a range of ingenious, harebrained, and sometimes grim but often remarkable ways to stay cool during a summer scorcher.

Thomas Jefferson was not happy about some of the edits made to his draft. Here's what didn't make the final cut.

'The Canterbury Tales' author Geoffrey Chaucer's work spanned poetry and prose and ranged from the humorous to the scientific—but there's so much more to know about the "father of English poetry."

An explosion at a chemical plant in Southeast China on Saturday sent huge billows of thick black smoke into the air.

Activity in China's services industry and construction sector dropped to its weakest level since December, according to data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics, as the country's economic recovery continues to lose momentum.

Here’s a brief history of Canada’s national day—which celebrates the joining of the three original provinces—and how you can celebrate.

How the rainbow became specifically associated with LGBTQ+ rights goes back to San Francisco in the late 1970s, and to one artist in particular.

Inspired by seeing a bagpipe player in his youth, Chukwu Oba Kalu wanted more Nigerians to play.

Fourth of July baseball games have been popular since the Civil War era. Here’s how the tradition started.

The Bishop of Dover says British people do not understand their own history of economic migration.

Visitors to a beach resort city in southwest Japan got a shock on Tuesday when they woke to discover the usually crystal-clear sea had turned an ominous shade of red -- after a local brewery sprung a leak.

Most of us never find ourselves in a battle for our lives. That makes these incredible survival stories all the more memorable.